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Two more Democrats tell Secretary Shinseki to resign? They should be demanding Republican senators resign instead. They're the one's that voted down funding and expansion of medicaid. Republicans are the people responsible for this sad affair. And the goddam Democrats should be screaming about it!
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"Ukraine", not "the Ukraine".
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Nothing like this ever happened before Shinseki took office, right?

I wish hawks like McCain would own up to their role in all this.
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@3 Good luck with that. That's why Democrats need to go on the offensive and stop wringing their hands.
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@2: whoops and fixed, DOUG., thanks!
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Somebody called the min wage ordinance a "charade".
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_f…
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Can we sue the Seattle Police for not doing their jobs?

http://seattletimes.com/html/localnews/2…
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"Demand-weighted units"? Screw Amazon. Considering that it started as a way to buy books online -- an on-line BOOK STORE -- Bezos is getting way ahead of himself. He did just fine selling books. He's rich enough now that he doesn't need to try to corner the market in every damn product there is to sell. He seems to be single-handedly trying to bring back the era of the Robber Baron, with ethics to match. He might never kick a stray dog, but he'll put a knife into the back of any corporation that tries to work around him. Between Bezos and the Waltons, this country is doomed.
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Why should a company focus on diversity? Just hire the best people for the job. The diversity takes care of itself. We all can be relieved that there is no "affirmative action" in private industry. The work someone does is reflective of their capabilities, not the color of their skin.
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What?
No mention of JZ Knight's latest???
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@9 Companies should "focus on diversity" because structural racism and sexism exist, which means that some groups of people (white, cis, middle- and upper-class men) have privileged access to the education, training, experience, and networks ... which makes those folks "the best people for the job." It's not a true meritocracy because the deck is so stacked in favor of some people over others. If people of color, women, and other underprivileged groups had equal access to those resources, then the private industry workplace would reflect the true (gender, racial, class, ability) diversity of the people living in this country.
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But Obama ran on fixing the mess (6 fucking years ago). And he has made his belief in the Government’s ability to IMPROVE medical care the corner stone of his administration. Did he lie when he ran (and said he would fix the VA) or is he just incompetent? If it’s the later, what does that say about the prospects of Obamacare? If it’s the former what does that say about him?
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@8,

It's cute that you think Amazon was ever interested in the business of selling books.

Amazon started off selling books as a way to collect consumer data and to use that data to sell even more shit to its customers. Bezos has never given a shit about books beyond using them as a means to an end.
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@14: Racism and sexism exist, but to tie it structurally in the sense you are does not reflect the reality. For example the percentage of engineers from the third world at Microsoft is huge, the number of female executives in some areas exceeds that of males. Google, is still quite young compared to Microsoft and their natural diversity progression is only a matter of time.
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If Benedict Cumberbatch were attacked The Stranger would be all over it with more posts than they had for sasquatch.
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The more I think about it, the more I'm convinced the Republicans have purposely sabotaged veterans care so the can raid the government by turning over care to their super rich friends who will cut everything to the bone. That's just what a bunch of crooks they are.
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Anna why didn't you mentioned the Asians at Google they make up a third, and growing, percent of the company. You look on their executives pages and will see a number of them.

Tell the whole story.
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@20: Interesting, I believe that facts are true or not whether or not they are valid, not how much I try to convince myself that they should be either true or false.

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